Washing machine



P atentedTAug. 9, 1927.; 1 r I a :1 v l v i :SW S

itnnruif a. "srnAwn, or anron ro, COLORADO.

wAsHIive MACHIN t 7 Application filed ecem er 9,1926. Serial no; 1 3323;

This invention'relatesuto improyements in the] shaft 12' upon which theroller 10 .is washing machines and morepartlcularly t mounted is rockedafter the cloth has been an improvement in that type'of washing placedin position beneath theroller. When machine employing a corrugatedroller as 8 it is deemed that thecloth hasb'een sutticientl means forscrubbing the cloths which-are bely treated. v itis discharged'fronib'eneath the 60 ing washed. roller bycOntinuin'gthe rotation toap'oint V An import-ant object of the'1nYen i0I1-1 where the rollerforces-the "cloth -t'rrmisthe! provide means operating in comblnatlonwith b d 11 p V ,v such a roller to feed a cloth to the roller for Iaccordance ith i ti I provide treatment thereby, which will maintainth abeltc'omprising a do bl canvas 5 113 5 cloth spread, so that the rollerWlll have the ends ofwhich are provided with coacting action over theentire face thereof and which fa t 14 wh b th t i may b nwill permitoperation of the roller by nected to form a band. Extending transtinuousrotary motion instead of the 0sc11lat-. ly f' n f c f thi t i are b 15 ping motion now commonlyenip y in $11011 the ends of which are providedwith eyes 7 f I devices; y 16 which are stitched to the strip adjacent Afurther object of the invention 1S t the side edges thereof. The edges"of the produce an attachment for such Was g strip have applied thereto abead, generally machines whereby these ob ects are a designated at 17,this bead having its oppoplished. v A site side faces, projectinglaterally. of the 5 A more specific object of the invention is. innerand'outer faces of the strip. The bead l to produce a belt for use withsuch washing f r bl consists Ofan Outer covering of ,7 1 r t.

machines having means thereon for engaging rubber or rubberized material18 applied nd holding the clothswhich are to be washt a circular paddingCore of worsted or ed whereby they will be fed beneath the face th s ftt i l, i di t d. t 19 th bof the roller'by n i rotary motion her orrubberized material indicated at 18] thereof. being connected togetherat one'side of the Th se and other objectsI attaln by the 0H- bead insuch manneras to form a stems 20" StIUCtiOII hown in theaccompanying gwhich ma be secured to the longitudinal wings: wherein for the p p fi of111l1S'BIat1911 edges of t 'e cloth and which serves to cover 3 J isshown a preferred mb m f my -,and protect against contact with theroller vention and WllBIGlIi1-. Figure l-is afront elevation of awashing b 15 t th t i machine embodying a belt constructed in'ac- I thuse f h device, one and of h 10 the stitching attaching the end fthe '75 'cordance with my invention; v V strip is inserted between tlieroller"10 and 1 r Figure 2 is a Vertical sectional V1 h j bed 11 and therollerlO rotated untilth'e 'end through, the machine being'lndicated 1nposif th t ip j t f th Opposite-edge tion in the hown in section es; ofthe bed when the opposite endof the strip 5' I Fig re 3 is a Section 011the 11118 of is connected thereto by the ffasteners"1t.- a I Figure ,1;The cloths which are'to be washed are 'then Figure 4 is anenlargedfragmentary frontv placed between the bars 15 and the adjacentelevation p tia y b o n way t Show t face of the band and the shaft 12continuous manner of attaching the supporting rods. ly rotated in onedirection. During this'op J I Referring now more particularly to the tith b d i it f b-b face Comp 45 drawings, the numeral 10 generallydeslgtactingthe rollers l01and 11, provides gh 10o nates a corrugatedroller of a washing ma-' ti' d i fo the b 1t n duping pew chine of thischaracter. In the type of masage of cloths beneath the roller. This-typehine illustrated, this corrugated roller is f washer i usually employedupon Open p 3 urged resiliently downwardly toward a bed tub T containint r and the cloths which 50 consisting of a plurality of rollers 11. Theare to be washed and the lower end ofth's corrugations of the roller actupon a cloth band will extend into the water. Theta :placed therebeneathto knead the same much fore, during rotation, the cloths will be 'suc- Vafter the manner in which said cloths are cessively passed, between thevroller 10 and ma ipul t d in h nd W s g Wi h. h bed-l1 and through thewater within the 555 ordinary structure of this type of machine; tubuntil they'have been'sutficientlytreated,

Such a device maybe either operated by a hand crank or from any suitablesource of mot ve'power. V c I Since the construction .her'elnbeforie'"set forth is capable of a certain rangegof change and modificationWithout materially departing from the spirit of the invention, Idonotlimit myself to such specific structure except aszhereinafter claimed. v10 Y r I claim 1 ,An attachment for Washing machines of the characterdescribed comprising a strip --of material having'near its oppositeendedges coactlng fasteners whereby sa d end edges may be connectedto forman endless band of the strip, holding elements extending transversely ofthe band on one face thereof and bearing elements extending longitudi-"nally of theside edges of the band, said hold- 111g velements eachcomprising a bar having nieans securing its ends to the strip adjatosaid strip. 7 i

, In testmony whereof fhereunto'aifizr my signature. I I Y B. STRAWN.

